Washington Irving Quotes
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.
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A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy.
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New York, in itself, has this frenzied, chaotic feeling to it. It's such a big city, and it's always moving, and there are so many people.
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It's easy to have a good season but if you want to have a great season you have got to win a major tournament.
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From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
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More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.
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I love the horror genre and the thriller genre, so I've got no problem with playing a psycho.
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I'm a good guy. I love playing bad guys, but good guys that have a good thing going on, I like that, too. I don't like passive good guys.
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I can't tell you how many times I've been writing and then found myself seven clicks deep into a Wikipedia entry that I don't even care about. Self-distraction appears to be my version of sleepwalking.
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I would say Hope Solo is competitive.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born.
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My son has taken liking for sports and is most of the time playing cricket and football. It is so much fun being with them, as I'm enjoying every phase of motherhood.
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We are very committed to putting forward a really bold message for the state of Colorado.
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Biggie has been the logo for success, the logo for doing it big - from popping champagne, the ladies, the fashion.
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I'm never, like I say, I'm never happy, I'm never satisfied, it's never good enough.
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The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be.
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But, we didn't have all the media that we do today.
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I gambled and I lost. I failed in securing my options for this choice for myself, but I succeeded in verifying the Dark Age is still with us.
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I know of no country, indeed, where the love of money has taken stronger hold on the affections of men, and where the profounder contempt is expressed for the theory of the permanent equality of property.
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Great artists are like loaded guns. They are dangerous in anybody's hands.
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I'm the kind of guy who always pushes really hard.
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The thing about Christmas is that it almost doesn't matter what mood you're in or what kind of a year you've had; it's a fresh start.
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I know some players like being the centre of attention and I admit that when I first became a player I liked fame, too. But that feeling lasted only for three months. Then I realised what it was really like to be the centre of attention all the time. It isn't all good.
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Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.
